Attack. Deny everything. Never apologize. Claim victory — even in defeat. That was the creed of Roy Cohn — Joseph McCarthy’s chief counsel, New York’s most feared fixer, and the lawyer who taught a young Donald Trump how to win. From the McCarthy hearings to the mob, from the 1973 courtroom where the method was born to the campaign that carried it all the way to the White House, this is the story of the man behind the method — and how he died disgraced, abandoned by the very client he made. Drawn entirely from the historical record and contemporary reporting.
▶ Subscribe for more documentaries on the men who shaped American power. #RoyCohn#DonaldTrump#documentary TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 01:48 The Making of Roy Cohn 06:44 The Red Scare Opens the Market 10:19 The Rosenberg Case 15:09 McCarthy’s Chief Counsel 18:32 The Army Becomes the Target 23:47 Cohn Tries to Break the Army 28:00 Television Turns the Machine Back on Itself 31:16 Cohn Takes the Method to New York 34:39 Trump Finds Roy Cohn 39:32 Teaching Trump the Counterattack 44:02 Trump Tower Rises 46:22 Roy Cohn’s Final Collapse 50:25 The Method Outlives the Man This video was written, narrated, hosted, and edited by James. It is an original documentary work based on my own research, scripting, commentary, and editorial structure. Archival footage, stills, and source clips are included as part of that original analysis and interpretation.
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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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